California AB86 Grant Resources - $250m

January 2014


In this issue you'll find:

· COE Materials Released in December - Great Work Already Underway

· Join Us for Weekly Technical Assistance Webinars

· Updated FAQs

· District Mapping Tool Available

Please pass this newsletter on to your colleagues who may not be subscribers to More on AB 86 and encourage them to subscribe!

COE Materials Released in December - Great Work Already Underway

On December 19th, the Certification of Eligibility Materials were released. Since then we have heard excellent feedback from the field of partnerships forming and existing partnerships expanding upon their work. Shared leadership on this project between school districts and community college districts is important to reach the goal of improving California's adult education system. We have heard promising stories of shared leadership and would like to remind all consortia to work using the strengths of both the school and community college systems.

As a reminder, the COE Cover Sheet is due from the consortia fiscal agents by January 31, 2014 and the supporting documents are due by February 24, 2014. To access the Certification of Eligibility Materials, please visit our website, ab86.cccco.edu or CLICK HERE. Please continue to visit our website for news and updates and remind your colleagues to subscribe to More on AB86. 

Join Us for Weekly
Technical Assistance Webinars

The AB 86 Work Group is continuing to host weekly technical assistance webinars on Fridays at 12:00 PM through Friday February 21st. The webinars are a great opportunity to hear answers to questions from the field and updates from the work group. Participants have a chance to ask questions of the work group and learn of promising practices from the field. Join us today at 12:00 PM. Please note that the meeting access information is different from the informational webinars. Below is the meeting access information which will remain the same for each webinar through the end of February. You can also access this information under the calendar tab of our website.

Participant Details:    

· Dial your telephone conference line: (888) 886-3951

· Cell phone users dial: 913-312-3202

· Enter your passcode: 525934

· Go to http://www.cccconfer.org/index3.aspx

· Click the Participant Log In button under the Meet and Confer logo

· Locate your meeting and click Go

· Fill out the form and click Connect
Updated FAQs 

New questions and answers have been posted to the AB 86 website. These are questions we've received in the AB 86 inbox from stakeholders across the state. CLICK HERE or visit our website's Helpful Resources page to access the updated FAQs. The new questions and answers are posted in a burgundy font to distinguish them from the previously posted Q & A's. If you have any questions, contact us atab86@cccco.edu.

District Mapping Tool Available 

Currently available on the AB 86 website, ab86.cccco.edu, is a new mapping tool. The tool allows school districts to see which community college district boundary or boundaries they are in and allows community college districts to see which school districts are in within their boundaries. This will tool will help school and community college districts determine which organizations should be included as members of their regional consortia.

CLICK HERE to access the mapping tool and following the directions on our site to search the map for your organization. Please be patient with this tool as we have received reports that internet security settings of an organization may prevent access to the tool and some browsers cause the program to run slowly. If you are having trouble accessing the tool, please contact your IT department or contact us at ab86@cccco.edu.

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